In today's poker world, you have to be good at all aspects of the game to make good money. You need to be able to 3-bet correctly, counter 3-bets, barrel, read hands and much, much more. And the higher you climb the limits, the stronger and stronger your opponents will become in all these areas. If you play tables with really awkward opponents, where there are very few recreational players, and these awkward opponents are well trained, then think about what you can do better than them? They know when and how to 3-bet, they know when and how to balance, they know when and how to apply pressure.There are a huge number of psychological obstacles that prevent us from playing our optimal poker (not technically optimal poker, but psychologically!), at the peak of our abilities. And one of the biggest obstacles is tilt.Poker is a game of you against them. And this means that first of all you must be able to understand yourself. Being a self-aware person and being able to analyze yourself, you will be able to understand what exactly makes you lose your balance, what makes you tilt, and what you can do to get back on the right path if you do get off track.